May closing event for AMIGA project

mars 08, 2016

The closing event of the AMIGA project (Assessing and Monitoring the Impacts of Genetically modified plants on Agro-ecosystems) is being held in Brussels on May 10 and 11, 2016, marking the end of 54 months of laboratory, field experiments and mathematical modelling involving 22 research groups in 15 countries.

The project, funded under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, was designed to produce scientific data relating to the possible environmental and economic impacts of the cultivation of genetically modified plants (GMPs), relevant to European environments.

The coordinators note: “This represents most likely the largest ever concerted effort to furnish to stakeholders, academia and the society at large, scientifically sound results on the sustainability and practical indications on environmental risk assessment for genetically modified plants, the largest adopted products of green biotechnology.